Replacement for <conio.h> in Linux

Question

I need to transfer a windows C++ project to linux, however I am currently using MS <conio.h> which is not linux or standards compatible. What header do you recommend to replace it for use in Linux? I would prefer the answer is cross platform too.

Answer 1

There is an replacement version of Conio.h for linux based on NCurses.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-conioh/

Answer 2

You're going to want ncurses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses